vik

See also: Vik, vík, Vík, вік, and вик

Faroese

Etymology

See the verb vika (‘move’).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viːk/

Noun

vik n (genitive singular viks, plural vik)

1. little bend
2. movement to the side

   til viks

   apart, aside

Declension

Declension of vik
n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vik	vikið	vik	vikini
accusative	vik	vikið	vik	vikini
dative	viki	vikinum	vikum	vikunum
genitive	viks	viksins	vika	vikanna

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Greenlandic

Affix

vik

1. real

   e.g. kuultivik

   Real gold.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vík, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō.

Noun

vik f or m (definite singular vika or viken, indefinite plural viker, definite plural vikene)

1. an inlet (arm of the sea)

Etymology 2

Verb

vik

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of vike

References

• “vik” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse vík

Noun

vik f (definite singular vika, indefinite plural vikar or viker, definite plural vikane or vikene)

1. an inlet (as above)

References

• “vik” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vík, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

vik c

1. a bay, a gulf

Declension

Declension of vik
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vik	viken	vikar	vikarna
Genitive	viks	vikens	vikars	vikarnas

Related terms

• Vikbolandet
• Viken
• viking

See also

• veck

Verb

vik

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of vika.

Anagrams

• kiv

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From , from .

Noun

1. an inlet (arm of the sea)

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Zou

Verb

vik

1. launch

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf